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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans an appointment-only retail launch of the Vision Pro in the US in early 2024, starting with stores in NYC, LA, and other major cities — Apple Inc. is planning a retail launch of its Vision Pro headset with appointments and in-store promotion in select US markets early next year …
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Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Less than two days after launch, Mark Zuckerberg says Threads signups reached 70M, which is “way beyond our expectations” — - Meta's new Twitter competitor Threads has exploded in growth in its first full day since its public debut Wednesday night, fueled by Instagram's already massive userbase.
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
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Threads: @mosseri, @benedictevans, @monkbent, @gracetutty, and @travelwithnishit
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and Beehaw
| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Sega co-COO Shuji Utsumi says the company plans to shelve its own blockchain games and skip blockchain projects for its biggest franchises to avoid devaluation — Sega Corp., the gaming studio once regarded among the staunchest advocates of blockchain gaming, is pulling back from an arena devastated …
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| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Crypto bridging protocol Multichain confirms an exploit impacted $130M in user-supplied tokens and recommends “all users suspend the use of Multichain services” — “It is recommended that all users suspend the use of Multichain services and revoke all contract approvals related to Multichain," developers said early Friday.
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Twitter: @multichainorg, @cz_binance, @coindesk, @cbgbull, and @multlchainorg
| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
Gemini sues DCG and its founder Barry Silbert, accusing Barry Silbert of being the architect and mastermind of the DCG and Genesis fraud against creditors — - Crypto exchange Gemini sued Digital Currency Group and its founder on Friday, accusing Barry Silbert of being …
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Twitter: @cameron, @dcgco, @coinbureau, @poordart, @smtuffy, and @aaronrday
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Apple removes several predatory lending apps from its App Store in India; some of the apps made the finance list's top 20, despite hundreds of negative reviews — Apple removed several predatory lending apps from the App Store in India this week, days after users and media questioned the legitimacy of those services.| New York Times: |
Sources: the FBI searched Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell's home in March 2023, as part of US prosecutors' probe into claims he hacked a nonprofit he founded — Federal agents were investigating Jesse Powell, the founder of the crypto exchange Kraken, over claims that he hacked and cyber-stalked a nonprofit arts group.
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Forums: r/ethtrader and r/CryptoCurrency
| Nathan Crooks / The Block: |
Report: Binance General Counsel Han Ng, Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Hillmann, and compliance SVP Steven Christie quit over CZ's response to the DOJ's probe — - Top executives at Binance resigned this week over CEO Changpeng Zhao's handling of regulatory investigations into the company, Fortune reported, citing sources.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
data.ai: Bluesky passes 1 million downloads globally across iOS and Android, roughly four months after launch; Bluesky has seen ~300K new installs since June 30 — As Instagram's new Twitter rival Threads soars into the double-digit millions after launching on Wednesday, another Twitter alternative … | New York Times: |
Uber, DoorDash, and Grubhub sue NYC, seeking to block the city's new minimum pay standard that increases the hourly wage for gig workers to ~$18 and $20 by 2025 — Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub argued that the city used poor data to calculate how much food delivery workers should earn and that the change would hurt consumers.
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Twitter: @workersjusticep, @terrigerstein, @wallstcynic, @nyccomptroller, and @reuterslegal
Forums: r/couriersofreddit, r/UberEATS, and Slashdot
| Frederick Munawa / CoinDesk: |
Lightning Labs unveils tools that let developers create AI agents to leverage GPT function calls to hold, send, and receive bitcoin via the Lightning Network — “We are in the realm of enabling use cases that weren't previously possible,” Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark told CoinDesk.
More: Lightning Labs, SiliconANGLE, Finbold, Cryptopolitan, Coinspeaker, crypto.news, CryptoGlobe, Unchained Crypto, and Cointelegraph. Bluesky: @bshirley.shirl.com
| Bloomberg: |
The People's Bank of China fines Ant Group ~$984M for violating laws in consumer protection, anti-money laundering, and more, ending over two years of probes — China imposed more than $1 billion in fines on tech giants Ant Group Co. and Tencent Holdings Ltd., signalling an end to a crackdown …
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